As 18 new magistrate judges prepare to take the bench across the state in January, the Council of Magistrate Court Judges of Georgia is outlining the training it's offering to ensure its newcomers ...

The Fulton County magistrate court handles small civil cases worth up to $15,000, ... which receives about 80,000 cases a year as the busiest court of its kind in Georgia.

Peterson, appointed to Georgia’s Supreme Court in 2016, will take over for outgoing Chief Justice Michael P. Boggs, who announced this week he is resigning at the end of March, citing family ...

The presiding justice steps in when the chief justice is absent and is vice-chair of the Judicial Council. Peterson was appointed to the Supreme Court by then-Gov. Nathan Deal in 2016 and has ...

“The Magistrate Court closed 61,000 cases,” Cassandra Kirk, Chief Magistrate Judge, told Channel 2 Action News. “We did 35,000 arrest warrants, 5,500 search warrants and closed 13,399 writs.” ...

ATLANTA — A state appeals court on Thursday removed Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis from the Georgia election interference case against President-elect Donald Trump and others but ...

A Georgia appeals court disqualified Fulton County DA Fani Willis from her election interference prosecution of Donald Trump, but has allowed the indictment to stand.

ATLANTA — A state appeals court on Thursday removed Fulton County Dist. Atty. Fani Willis from the Georgia election interference case against Donald Trump and others but did not dismiss the ...

Georgia's Supreme Court is undergoing a significant leadership change. On Thursday, the justices unanimously elected Presiding Justice Nels Peterson as the new chief justice, effective April 1.

A court ruled that Fulton County DA Fani Willis and her office can't continue prosecuting the Georgia election interference case involving Donald Trump — the last active prosecution against Trump.